Word: cheerfulness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Although Harvard played championship hockey and baseball in '15, the men of the College were berated for "Harvard Indifference." The castigation came to a head when the baseball team trounced Princeton 3-0 "without the aid of a single organized cheer...
...economy may need a strong push. For businessmen and consumers, nonetheless, the cut was a boon that will surely help out just when there are some faint signs of a downturn in consumer interest. The Ways and Means Committee even threw in a bit of extra, early seasonal cheer: it advanced repeal of the 10% tax on cabarets and theater tickets from next Jan. 1 to noon on New Year...
...picture is said to tell of a world that "exists for sure only in ... (the director's) imagination." Moreover: "No doubt violence does rear up without warning in real Harlem life, but these scuffies come too fast in the movie to glean any human relevance." Precisely, and a cheer for Mr. Smock. At long last I can understand what really ails the slum children I've been treating. Their difficulty has been one of experiencing scuffles that come too fast for their own comprehension as human beings. At least "The Cool World" has stimulated that discovery, and to be frank...
...surface, at least, the ecumenists had much to cheer about. After four days of discussion at Lexington, Ky., they agreed that the role of bishops must be preserved in the merger as a "symbol and agent of the continuity of the church." Without a dissenting vote, the consultation authorized six clerics to prepare an "outline of a possible plan of union" for next year's meeting in Dallas. Three Negro Methodist churches expressed interest in becoming full-time partners...
...first the chants from the Lampoon steps were entirely unrelated to Vietnam: an LBJ echo cheer, "Happy Easter" sung to the tune of "Happy Birthday" and a stirring rendition of "My Country 'tis of Thee." As a finale we planned to stage a protest Easter egg roll in front of the buses. Unfortunately the buses had not arrived when the purely frivolous chants began to wear thin. An effort to play a tape of last week's "Shindig" to fill the gap failed because we did not have a loud enough speaker...